diff --git a/art/themes/luciano_blocktronics/activitypub_social_manager.ans b/art/themes/luciano_blocktronics/activitypub_social_manager.ans
index c5fd35d6..5348f1b2 100644
Binary files a/art/themes/luciano_blocktronics/activitypub_social_manager.ans and b/art/themes/luciano_blocktronics/activitypub_social_manager.ans differ
diff --git a/art/themes/luciano_blocktronics/theme.hjson b/art/themes/luciano_blocktronics/theme.hjson
index e3946ceb..185dc856 100644
--- a/art/themes/luciano_blocktronics/theme.hjson
+++ b/art/themes/luciano_blocktronics/theme.hjson
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 					mci: {
 						VM1: {
 							height: 10
-							width: 20
+							width: 71
 							itemFormat: "|00|11{userName:<12}|08: |03{oneliner:<59.59}"
 						}
 						TM2: {
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@
 						VM1: {
 							height: 10
 							itemFormat: "|00|11{userName:<12}|08: |03{oneliner:<59.59}"
+							width: 71
 						}
 						TM2: {
 							focusTextStyle: first lower
@@ -486,7 +487,7 @@
 
 			activityPubFollowingManager: {
 				config: {
-					selectedActorInfoFormat: "|00|15{preferredUsername}\n|02{name}\n{plainTextSummary}"
+					selectedActorInfoFormat: "|00|15{preferredUsername} |08(|02{name}|08)\n|07following|08: {statusIndicator}\n\n|06{plainTextSummary}"
 					statusIndicatorEnabled: "|00|10√"
 					staticIndicatorDisabled: "|00|12X"
 				}
@@ -494,13 +495,13 @@
 					mci: {
 						VM1: {
 							height: 15
-							width: 30
+							width: 35
 							itemFormat: "|00|03{subject}|00 {statusIndicator}"
 							focusItemFormat: "|00|19|15{subject}|00 {statusIndicator}"
 						}
 						MT2: {
 							height: 15
-							width: 38
+							width: 34
 						}
 						TM3: {
 							focusTextStyle: first upper
diff --git a/core/servers/content/web_handlers/nodeinfo2.js b/core/servers/content/web_handlers/nodeinfo2.js
index 4be7f85c..9adab0ef 100644
--- a/core/servers/content/web_handlers/nodeinfo2.js
+++ b/core/servers/content/web_handlers/nodeinfo2.js
@@ -72,10 +72,12 @@ exports.getModule = class NodeInfo2WebHadnler extends WebHandlerModule {
             },
             //  :TODO: Only list what's enabled
             protocols: ['telnet', 'ssh', 'gopher', 'nntp', 'ws', 'activitypub'],
-            services: {
-                inbound: [],
-                outbound: [''],
-            },
+
+            //  :TODO: what should we really be doing here???
+            // services: {
+            //     inbound: [],
+            //     outbound: [],
+            // },
             openRegistrations: !config.general.closedSystem,
             usage: {
                 users: {
diff --git a/core/string_util.js b/core/string_util.js
index 3f78b37d..6f1a6a01 100644
--- a/core/string_util.js
+++ b/core/string_util.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ exports.debugEscapedString = debugEscapedString;
 exports.stringFromNullTermBuffer = stringFromNullTermBuffer;
 exports.stringToNullTermBuffer = stringToNullTermBuffer;
 exports.renderSubstr = renderSubstr;
+exports.renderTruncate = renderTruncate;
 exports.renderStringLength = renderStringLength;
 exports.ansiRenderStringLength = ansiRenderStringLength;
 exports.formatByteSizeAbbr = formatByteSizeAbbr;
@@ -136,13 +137,12 @@ function stylizeString(s, style) {
     return s;
 }
 
-function pad(s, len, padChar, justify, stringSGR, padSGR, useRenderLen) {
+function pad(s, len, padChar, justify, stringSGR, padSGR, useRenderLen = true) {
     len = len || 0;
     padChar = padChar || ' ';
     justify = justify || 'left';
     stringSGR = stringSGR || '';
     padSGR = padSGR || '';
-    useRenderLen = _.isUndefined(useRenderLen) ? true : useRenderLen;
 
     const renderLen = useRenderLen ? renderStringLength(s) : s.length;
     const padlen = len >= renderLen ? len - renderLen : 0;
@@ -290,6 +290,29 @@ function renderSubstr(str, start, length) {
     return out;
 }
 
+const DefaultTruncateLen = 30;
+const DefaultTruncateOmission = '...';
+
+function renderTruncate(str, options) {
+    //  shortcut for empty strings
+    if (0 === str.length) {
+        return str;
+    }
+
+    options = options || {};
+    options.length = options.length || DefaultTruncateLen;
+    options.omission = _.isString(options.omission)
+        ? options.omission
+        : DefaultTruncateOmission;
+
+    let out = renderSubstr(str, 0, options.length - options.omission.length);
+    if (out.length < str.length) {
+        out += options.omission;
+    }
+
+    return out;
+}
+
 //
 //  Method to return the "rendered" length taking into account Pipe and ANSI color codes.
 //
@@ -464,7 +487,7 @@ function isAnsiLine(line) {
 //  * Pipe codes
 //  * Extended (CP437) ASCII - https://www.ascii-codes.com/
 //  * Tabs
-//  * Contigous 3+ spaces before the end of the line
+//  * Contiguous 3+ spaces before the end of the line
 //
 function isFormattedLine(line) {
     if (renderStringLength(line) < line.length) {
diff --git a/core/vertical_menu_view.js b/core/vertical_menu_view.js
index 3379ca17..d8c2875a 100644
--- a/core/vertical_menu_view.js
+++ b/core/vertical_menu_view.js
@@ -98,12 +98,18 @@ function VerticalMenuView(options) {
             sgr = index === self.focusedItemIndex ? self.getFocusSGR() : self.getSGR();
         }
 
+        text = strUtil.renderTruncate(text, {
+            length: this.dimens.width,
+            omission: this.truncateOmission,
+        });
+
         text = `${sgr}${strUtil.pad(
             `${text}${this.styleSGR1}`,
             this.dimens.width,
             this.fillChar,
             this.justify
         )}`;
+
         self.client.term.write(`${ansi.goto(item.row, self.position.col)}${text}`);
         this.setRenderCacheItem(index, text, item.focused);
     };
diff --git a/core/view.js b/core/view.js
index ed8f08d0..a82751b5 100644
--- a/core/view.js
+++ b/core/view.js
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ function View(options) {
     this.textStyle = options.textStyle || 'normal';
     this.focusTextStyle = options.focusTextStyle || this.textStyle;
     this.offsetsApplied = false;
+    this.truncateOmission = options.truncateOmission || '';
 
     if (options.id) {
         this.setId(options.id);
@@ -273,6 +274,12 @@ View.prototype.setPropertyValue = function (propName, value) {
                 this.validate = value;
             }
             break;
+
+        case 'truncateOmission':
+            if (_.isString(value)) {
+                this.truncateOmission = value;
+            }
+            break;
     }
 
     if (/styleSGR[0-9]{1,2}/.test(propName)) {